Ok, I just saw 2 files on my ubuntu, that was overwritten, so I thought it was general, but that may have other reasons....I will do some more research.
Jan. Ps. No problem with the mail, better late than never :-) On 22 November 2012 15:38, Juergen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 14. November 2012 um 21:47 schrieb jan iversen: > > While programming the l10n translation, I have stumbled across something > > which I do not know is a real or theoretical problem. I need an opinion > > from people with more experience. > > > > Description of the current situation: > > When you run configure with e.g. "--with-lang=da", all languages Are > > inserted in the source files alongside with the original en-US text. This > > works without problems > > > > BUT, if the developer forget to do a checkout (thereby removing the extra > > languages) but does a commit, then SVN will have all languages in the > file. > > After the commit a snapshot (or development) build will contain all > > languauges for that file. Note: If a translation changes, it will be > > replaced in the file with the next build, so it will work. However: > > - developer/snapshot contains an "unwanted" language part > > - it is not clean that all language are in this file, as well as in the > sdf > > file (original), and can lead to confusion, where what is maintained. > > > > What I easily could do, was NOT to overwrite the file, but place a new > file > > (same content but with all languages added) in the <platform>/misc > > directory, therefore the original would be left untouched. This requires > of > > course some makefile changes (the new l10n process requires anyhow > > changes), which I will do (in a sub-branch) when the system is ready. > > > > Question: > > > > Is it a problem that the original is overwritten, and it would be better > > to write a new file (in misc) ? > > > > or > > > > Am I thinking about a theoretical problem, that is no real world problem > ? > > > > First of all sorry for the late response, I am still haven't read all > mails after my vacation. > I am not sure if I understand you correct but normally no originals are > overwritten during the build. > Files get merged in the local output directory and later used from there. > > Juergen > > > > Just to be sure, the effort of doing one or the other are the same, so > that > > is not an argument (at least for me), we should do what is correct. > > > > Jan I. > >
